Pareja Casanas, Félix M. (ed.). Libro del Ajedrez, de sus problemas y sutilezas. De autor Árabe desconocido. Según el MS. Arab. Add. 7515 (Rich) del Museo Británico.

€ 3,500.00

First edition of this medieval Arabic treatise on chess, the manuscript of which (dated AH 655/AD 1257) is kept at the British Museum, offering the text together with a Spanish translation and commentary. Modern chess gradually developed from the Arabic game of "Shatranj", which had come to the Arabs from India via the Persian Empire; the first Arabic chess treatises appeared as early as the 10th century, a notable author being the poet as-Suli.

Bindings somewhat rough at the edges; interior well-preserved.